Gerry joins a number of women at the clubhouse after the coffee function and they work on making quilts for the Linus project. The Linus project is a national undertaking to provide blankets for children in hospitals. The paragraph below describes it better than me, so I will include the information from the project leader.
" As Charles Schulz’s Linus character from the PEANUTS® comic strip was comforted by his blanket, Project Linus strives to do the same and more for children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need. The blankets our nearly 400 chapter coordinators collect from thousands of “blanketeers” (volunteers) across the United States and then distributed to these children provide love, a sense of security, warmth, and comfort."
Linus project link: Linus
The ladies in Gerry's group made over 150 of these blankets last year and are working on more this year. They raffle off some beautiful quilts in order to pay for the supplies needed to make the blankets. Gerry is working on a blanket at the present time and it is almost finished. Below is the almost finished product.
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| Linus quilt by Gerry |
Later on in the day we went out to dinner with Sharon and Al to Tucson McGraw's Cantina near our rv park. We have been there a few times this year and it is a local neighborhood bar/restaurant. The weather was great this evening so we sat out on the patio and watched the sunset and enjoyed a nice meal. Once again some fellow rvers from the park were there enjoying the view and food also. Tuesday they have a steak special and Al enjoys their steaks, so that is why we were there. Also, Sharon and Al are leaving on Sunday to ranch sit south of Willcox, AZ for a month, so this was sort of a farewell dinner for them.
That was our exciting day out here in sunny and warm Tucson. I hope you had an equally nice day wherever you are.
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